Greg Gross Stats

Greg Gross was born on Friday, August 1, 1952, in York, Pennsylvania. Gross was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 5, 1973, with the Houston Astros. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Greg Gross baseball stats page.
"He's (Greg Gross) got more concentration than any rookie I've ever seen. He's got an eye at the plate like Joe Morgan and a great realization of the strike zone." - Teammate Bob Watson in Baseball Digest (November 1974)

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Greg Gross

Greg Gross Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#18)

Greg Gross Autograph on a 1981 Fleer (#18)
 

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Birth Name:   Gregory Eugene Gross
Nickname:   Greg
Born On:   08-01-1952  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   York, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Redland High School (Etters, PA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   09-05-1973 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-27-1989
Draft:   1970 : 4th Round (79th)
Greg Gross

Greg Gross Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1986 34 Phillies 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 0.2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 -
1989 37 Astros 1 0 1 0 0 .000 18.00 0 0 0 1.0 7 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 2 0 2 0 0 .000 10.80 0 0 0 1.2 11 4 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 -
Greg Gross

Greg Gross Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1973 21 Astros 14 39 5 9 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 .231 .302 .333
1974 22 Astros 156 589 78 185 21 8 0 0 36 76 4 39 9 1 1 13 .314 .393 .377
1975 23 Astros 132 483 67 142 14 10 0 0 41 63 1 37 9 3 0 11 .294 .373 .364
1976 24 Astros 128 426 52 122 12 3 0 0 27 64 3 39 5 6 0 8 .286 .375 .329
1977 25 Cubs 115 239 43 77 10 4 5 0 32 33 4 19 3 5 0 6 .322 .397 .460
1978 26 Cubs 124 347 34 92 12 7 1 0 39 33 5 19 3 7 0 6 .265 .323 .349
1979 27 Phillies 111 174 21 58 6 3 0 0 15 29 4 5 0 3 0 3 .333 .422 .402
1980 28 Phillies 127 154 19 37 7 2 0 0 12 24 1 7 3 0 1 4 .240 .346 .312
1981 29 Phillies 83 102 14 23 6 1 0 0 7 15 4 5 0 2 0 4 .225 .319 .304
1982 30 Phillies 119 134 14 40 4 0 0 0 10 19 3 8 2 0 0 6 .299 .386 .328
1983 31 Phillies 136 245 25 74 12 3 0 0 29 34 4 16 1 3 1 6 .302 .385 .376
1984 32 Phillies 112 202 19 65 9 1 0 0 16 24 3 11 0 2 1 4 .322 .393 .376
1985 33 Phillies 93 169 21 44 5 2 0 0 14 32 1 9 2 2 0 5 .260 .374 .314
1986 34 Phillies 87 101 11 25 5 0 0 0 8 21 7 11 1 1 1 4 .248 .379 .297
1987 35 Phillies 114 133 14 38 4 1 1 0 12 25 4 12 1 3 1 2 .286 .395 .353
1988 36 Phillies 98 133 10 27 1 0 0 0 5 16 1 3 0 1 1 3 .203 .291 .211
1989 37 Astros 60 75 2 15 0 0 0 0 4 11 2 6 1 0 1 3 .200 .310 .200
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
17 Years 1,809 3,745 449 1,073 130 46 7 0 308 523 51 250 40 39 8 90 .287 .372 .351
Greg Gross

Greg Gross Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1973 Astros CF 1 1 24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1973 Astros LF 5 5 132 10 2.0 10 8 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.05
1973 Astros RF 3 3 78 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.38
1974 Astros LF 56 4 435 36 0.6 36 36 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.23
1974 Astros RF 143 141 3,495 278 1.9 276 260 16 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .993 2.13
1975 Astros LF 61 61 1,587 117 1.9 113 106 7 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 1.92
1975 Astros RF 60 59 1,596 126 2.1 120 114 6 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .952 2.03
1976 Astros RF 115 110 2,943 229 2.0 224 211 13 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.06
1977 Cubs CF 25 20 564 52 2.1 52 52 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.49
1977 Cubs LF 40 28 774 44 1.1 43 40 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 1.50
1977 Cubs RF 9 4 111 12 1.3 12 12 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.92
1978 Cubs CF 71 56 1,473 132 1.9 130 127 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.38
1978 Cubs LF 41 15 573 45 1.1 43 40 3 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .956 2.03
1978 Cubs RF 12 5 186 14 1.2 14 14 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.03
1979 Phillies CF 19 11 369 43 2.3 42 39 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .977 3.07
1979 Phillies LF 50 15 567 44 0.9 43 41 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.05
1979 Phillies RF 11 3 114 7 0.6 7 6 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.66
1980 Phillies 1B 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1980 Phillies CF 14 6 195 14 1.0 13 13 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.80
1980 Phillies LF 58 8 540 35 0.6 35 33 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.75
1980 Phillies RF 26 7 294 28 1.1 27 24 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.48
1981 Phillies CF 4 1 60 6 1.5 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.70
1981 Phillies LF 14 2 114 9 0.6 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.13
1981 Phillies RF 38 8 432 44 1.2 43 36 7 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.69
1982 Phillies CF 12 7 192 18 1.5 18 18 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.53
1982 Phillies LF 49 0 213 18 0.4 17 16 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.15
1982 Phillies RF 18 8 264 20 1.1 20 19 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.05
1983 Phillies 1B 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1983 Phillies CF 28 19 423 36 1.3 35 35 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.23
1983 Phillies LF 78 27 936 60 0.8 60 59 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.73
1983 Phillies RF 26 5 204 8 0.3 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.06
1984 Phillies 1B 28 12 393 140 5.0 139 128 11 1 9 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.55
1984 Phillies CF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1984 Phillies LF 30 11 330 32 1.1 31 29 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.54
1984 Phillies RF 20 16 369 32 1.6 32 32 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.34
1985 Phillies 1B 8 1 66 22 2.8 22 18 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1985 Phillies LF 46 26 768 41 0.9 41 39 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.44
1985 Phillies RF 9 5 126 9 1.0 9 8 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.93
1986 Phillies 1B 5 1 45 10 2.0 10 8 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.00
1986 Phillies CF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1986 Phillies LF 21 6 252 21 1.0 21 20 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1986 Phillies P 1 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1986 Phillies RF 6 3 90 10 1.7 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1987 Phillies 1B 11 1 57 21 1.9 21 20 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.95
1987 Phillies LF 50 15 579 35 0.7 35 34 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.63
1987 Phillies RF 1 1 21 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.29
1988 Phillies 1B 14 9 267 93 6.6 92 86 6 1 13 n/a n/a n/a .989 9.30
1988 Phillies LF 20 4 177 7 0.4 7 7 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.07
1988 Phillies RF 19 4 162 16 0.8 16 15 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.67
1989 Astros 1B 6 3 81 25 4.2 25 24 1 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.33
1989 Astros LF 5 3 84 4 0.8 3 3 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.96
1989 Astros P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1989 Astros RF 7 4 111 9 1.3 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.19
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
LF Totals 624 230 8,061 558 0.9 547 520 27 11 2 n/a n/a n/a .980 1.83
RF Totals 523 386 10,596 847 1.6 832 783 49 15 14 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.12
CF Totals 176 121 3,309 301 1.7 296 290 6 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.42
1B Totals 74 27 918 313 4.2 311 286 25 2 26 n/a n/a n/a .994 9.15
P Totals 2 0 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
17 Years 1,399 764 22,889 2,019 1.4 1,986 1,879 107 33 43 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.34
Greg Gross

Greg Gross Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1973 Astros 2 1 .667 5 0 n/a 0.0 9.8 39.0 - - -
1974 Astros 12 20 .375 7 1 n/a 0.0 15.1 16.4 - - -
1975 Astros 2 2 .500 12 0 n/a 0.0 13.1 11.8 - - -
1976 Astros 2 6 .250 15 1 n/a 0.0 10.9 15.8 - - -
1977 Cubs 0 1 .000 51 2 n/a 47.8 12.6 7.5 - - -
1978 Cubs 3 1 .750 32 2 n/a 347.0 18.3 8.9 - - -
1979 Phillies 5 2 .714 55 3 n/a 0.0 34.8 11.6 - - -
1980 Phillies 1 1 .500 50 5 n/a 0.0 22.0 12.8 - - -
1981 Phillies 2 2 .500 44 2 n/a 0.0 20.4 14.6 - - -
1982 Phillies 4 3 .571 67 0 n/a 0.0 16.8 13.4 - - -
1983 Phillies 3 5 .375 46 0 n/a 0.0 15.3 8.4 - - -
1984 Phillies 1 0 1.000 60 0 n/a 0.0 18.4 12.6 - - -
1985 Phillies 1 0 1.000 51 0 n/a 0.0 18.8 12.1 - - -
1986 Phillies 1 0 1.000 68 1 n/a 0.0 9.2 12.6 2.00 26.99 13.49
1987 Phillies 0 0 .000 74 0 n/a 133.0 11.1 11.1 - - -
1988 Phillies 0 0 .000 65 1 n/a 0.0 44.3 26.6 - - -
1989 Astros 0 0 .000 46 0 n/a 0.0 12.5 18.8 1.00 9.00 9.00
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
17 Years 39 44 .470 748 18 n/a 535.0 15.0 12.2 1.50 16.20 10.80
Greg Gross

Greg Gross Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1973 Houston Astros 21 $15,000.00 - -
1974 Houston Astros 21 $15,000.00 - -
1975 Houston Astros 21 $16,000.00 - -
1976 Houston Astros 21 Undetermined - -
1977 Chicago Cubs 21 $60,000.00 - -
1978 Chicago Cubs 21 Undetermined - -
1979 Philadelphia Phillies 23 Undetermined - -
1980 Philadelphia Phillies 23 Undetermined - Stats
1981 Philadelphia Phillies 23 Undetermined - -
1982 Philadelphia Phillies 21 Undetermined - -
1983 Philadelphia Phillies 21 Undetermined - Stats
1984 Philadelphia Phillies 21 Undetermined - -
1985 Philadelphia Phillies 21 $350,000.00 - -
1986 Philadelphia Phillies 21 $375,000.00 - -
1987 Philadelphia Phillies 21 $420,000.00 - -
1988 Philadelphia Phillies 21 $320,000.00 - -
1989 Houston Astros 6 Undetermined - -




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